MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY

For many, the medieval world seems dark and foreigna miraculous, brutal, and irrational time of superstition and strange relics. Th e pursuit of heretics, the Inquisition, the Crusades and the domination of the Holy Land come to mind. Yet the medieval world prod uced much that is part of our world today, including universities, the passion for Roman architecture and the emergence of the gothi c style, pilgrimage, the emergence of capitalism, and female saints.This new narrative history of medieval Christianity, spanning fr om A.D. 500...[Read more]